‘Purify your own minds’: SP’s Akhilesh hits out at BJP over ‘suddhikaran’ at Kharge rally venue

“BJP-RSS
did
othi g
fo
I dia’s
f eedom”:
Kha ge
at
Haldwa i
ally,
says
Co g ess
fought
fo
I dia’s
f eedom

NEW
DELHI:
Samajwadi
Pa ty
chief

Akhilesh
Yadav
o
Thu sday
lau ched
a
sha p
attack
o
the

BJP
ove
the
alleged
“suddhika a ”
of
the
Haldwa i
g ou d
whe e
Co g ess
p eside t
a d
Leade
of
Oppositio
i
the
Rajya
Sabha
Mallika ju
Kha ge
had
add essed
a
public
meeti g.Yadav
called
the
alleged
act
“the
most
despicable
fo m
of
social
disc imi atio
u de
BJP
ule”,
claimi g
that
the
platfo m
was
“pu ified”
because
Kha ge
belo gs
to
the
Dalit
commu ity.“BJP
membe s
a d
thei
associates
should
pu ify
ot
the
platfo m,
but
thei
ow
tai ted
mi ds
with
the
holy
wate
of
the
Ga ga,”
Yadav
said
i
a
post
o
X.

Questio s
‘ha mo y’
claims

Yadav
also
questio ed
those
who,
acco di g
to
him,
speak
of
social
ha mo y
but
a e
u willi g
to
accept
equality.
“Whe e
ow
a e
those
disc imi ato y
people
who
p eached
so-called
ha mo y
but
fou d
equality
u palatable?”
he
asked.He
fu the
said
that
the
PDA
commu ity
would
u ite
agai st
what
he
desc ibed
as
social
misco duct
a d
me tal
ha assme t.

“The
PDA
society
is
o
lo ge
i
the
mood
to
tole ate
its
humiliatio ,”
Yadav
said.

Kha ge
aises
alleged
‘suddhika a ’
i
Rajya
Sabha

Kha ge,
ea lie
o
Thu sday,
aised
the
issue
i
the
Rajya
Sabha,
allegi g
that
a
hawa
was
co ducted
at
the
Ram
Lila
G ou d
i
Haldwa i
afte
his
public
meeti g.

“I
was
i
Haldwa i
whe e
I
made
a
public
speech
at
Ramlila
Maida .
Lakhs
of
people
we e
the e.
At
that
time,
I
did
ot
me tio
the
ame
of
a y
commu ity
o
eligio ;
I
o ly
eite ated
the
issues
of
the
gove me t,”
Kha ge
said.He
alleged
that
BJP
suppo te s
late
pe fo med
a
hawa
to
“pu ify”
the
stage.“Is
this
the
way
i
a
democ acy?
How
a e
you
p otecti g
the
Co stitutio ?
I
am
the
LoP…”
Kha ge
said.